Mobile Transmission of Prehospital Vital Signs to the Emergency Department

Telemedical Solutions in Medical Emergencies, Advantages and Disadvantages for Patients, Healthcare Professionals, and the Healthcare System: Study 1: Mobile Transmission of Prehospital Vital Signs to the Emergency Department - Effect on Patient Outcomes, Treatment and Diagnosis

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02090452

Enrollment

250

Registered

2014-03-18

Start date

2013-06-30

Completion date

2014-03-31

Last updated

2014-04-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Emergency Medical Service, Telemedicine, Triage

Keywords

Telemedicine, Mobile, Vital signs, Prehospital care, Emergency medicine

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to examine if real time transmission of vital signs, ECG and chat communication between the prehospital ambulances and the emergency department has an effect on patient mortality, ICU admission, hospitalization time, time to doctor, time to treatment and time to diagnostics

Interventions

DEVICEReal time transmission of patient related data. Device used: MobiMed 3.1, manufactured by Ortivus AB Sweden

Study design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

15 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* All patients transported with ambulance to the emergency department

Exclusion criteria

* None

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Time to physician	Time from arrival to first patient-physician contact, assessed up to 36 months	Time from the patient arrival registered in the patients' logistics system (Cetrea) to registered first patient/physician contact registered in the same patients logistics system.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
All cause mortality	30 days, assessed up to 36 months	—
Time to treatment	Time from arrival to administration of first iv. antibiotics, assessed up to 36 months	Time from the patient arrival registered in the patients' logistics system (Cetrea) to first administered iv antibiotics registered in the patient's hospital record
Time to x-ray	Time form arrival at the emergency department to completion of x-ray requisition form, assessed up to 36 months	Time from the patient arrival registered in the patients' logistics system (Cetrea) to completion of x-ray requisition form registered in the radiologic logistics system (Kodak RIS, 2010 edition)
Time to ICU	Time from arrival to admission to the ICU, assessed up to 36 months	Time from the patient arrival registered in the patients' logistics system (Cetrea) to time of admission to the ICU registered in the patient's hospital record. .
Number of ICU admissions	During present hospitalization, assessed up to 36 months	—

Other

Measure	Time frame	Description
Emergency department staff evaluation of usability of equipment	At the time of using the equipment, assessed up to 36 months	The staff at the emergency department fill out a survey after the use of the equipment which provides ecg, vital signs, chat.
Ambulance staff evaluation of usability of equipment	At the time of using the equipment, assessed up to 36 months	The ambulance staff fill out a survey after the use of the equipment which provides ecg, vital signs, chat.

Countries

Denmark

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026